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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_argv.c,v
retrieving revision 1.108
retrieving revision 1.109
diff -u -p -r1.108 -r1.109
--- mandoc/mdoc_argv.c	2016/07/15 18:03:45	1.108
+++ mandoc/mdoc_argv.c	2016/08/28 16:15:12	1.109
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_argv.c,v 1.108 2016/07/15 18:03:45 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_argv.c,v 1.109 2016/08/28 16:15:12 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2012, 2014, 2015 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ args(struct roff_man *mdoc, int line, int *pos,
 			 * unless there is a blank in between.
 			 */
 
-			if (p[-1] != ' ')
+			if (p > buf && p[-1] != ' ')
 				mdoc->flags |= MDOC_PHRASEQL;
 			if (p[1] != ' ')
 				mdoc->flags |= MDOC_PHRASEQN;